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Mr. A. R. Grote on the Moths of New Mexico. 51 



quadrate, upright, blackish, shaded spot. Hind wings pale 

 fuscous, with two subterminal lines : the outer is flecked with 

 white before anal angle ; and opposite this flecking the fringes 

 are touched at their tips with black. There is a dotted line 

 on secondaries beneath ; and on fore wings the reniform is very 

 distinct, blackish, and square. As compared with the figure 

 of Parcedis funalis, N. Am. Ent. i. pi. v. fig. 4 (fore wing, 

 sub JEdis y changed to Parcedis in " New Check List"), the 

 even outer median line will distinguish obliqualis. Attention 

 must be paid to the structure of the head in this and allied 

 genera to locate the species. No. 1019. 



I describe here a form from Washington Territory : 



Prorasea indentalis y n. s. 



Frontal bulging less prominent than in simalis (N. Am. 

 Ent. i. pi. v. fig. 2, enlarged head). A raised rim arises 

 above clypeal plate. Grey, shaded with white at inauguration 

 of the dark dentate outer median line, which forms a promi- 

 nent tooth on submedian fold ; and here again the wing is 

 shaded with white. Outer line followed by a white shade. 

 A white shade along submedian fold. A white square spot 

 on cell between the stigmata. Hind wings pale fuscous, with 

 an extra mesial line indented submedianly. A fuscous sub- 

 marginal shade band. Fringes pale, with a dotted basal line, 

 expiring before anal angle. Beneath yellowish fuscous, with 

 two spots on cell of fore wings, the first small, elongate, the 

 outer subequal, transverse; a common line; body white be- 

 neath. Expanse 34 millim. Washington Territory. Coll. 



& ltor 7 



A. R. Grote. 



Crambus dimidiatellus, n. s. 



$ . Size large. Costal region broadly olivaceous, edged 

 by a darker linear shade below. Eest of the wing with the 

 veins striped with white, and covered medially by a broad 

 white shade, widening at external margin; below this the 

 ground-colour is again somewhat olive. Hind wings and 

 fringes pale silky fuscous. Fringes and fore wings white, 

 faintly dotted. 'Expanse 36 millim. No. 968. Labial palpi 

 long j approaches the propexiis group. I do not know the 

 male. 



Nephopteryx auranticella, n. s. 



$ . Although I have but a single specimen, very bright, 

 the extraordinary colour and size will enable the species to be 

 at once recognized, and perhaps better placed when the male 



